Venue: Room STC.S018, St Clements Building, LSE, London

Researchers, teachers and students interested in statistics across Europe are invited to attend a free introductory workshop to better understand how to access and use data from Eurostat.

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. Its task is to provide EU countries with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions. Today Eurostat offers a range of important and interesting data available to researchers and teachers, governments, businesses, journalists and the public.

This half-day, hands-on workshop will cover:

1. What is Eurostat?

1.1 Roles

2. Statistics

2.1 Extraction

2.2 Dissemination

3. Other important aspects and services

3.1 Metadata

3.2 Classifications / national classifications and international

3.3 Microdata

4. Publications and data visualization programs

5. User Help

The course is free to attend and open to all, but places are limited.

Note: bookings will close 4 May.